ryanstorm

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by ryanstorm 2y ago
Your principles mirror my own, which have been developed and refined over the last ten years (I'm 34 now). There have been periods of overcomplicating things, but they've mostly reached a natural state that works for me. Maybe int
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by ryanstorm 2y ago
I agree with you, but just for kicks I'd like to go through your examples. First, blogging is alive and well in the outdoor sports space. "Trip reports" serve as incredibly helpful tools for research. In climbing, [Steph Abeg
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by ryanstorm 3y ago
Imagine being a non-tech savvy user or someone who understands the world more literally than figuratively. That sort of message could be pretty confusing for them.
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by ryanstorm 3y ago
To add to this, the app downloads a significant chunk of data because of its inefficiencies. Not ideal for tight budget data plans.
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by ryanstorm 3y ago
Attempting this to be more of a discussion prompt than speculation, but as an advertiser or other consumer analytics customer of reddit, would this sort of protest and the potential fallout be concerning? I'm not sure if all this is a
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by ryanstorm 4y ago
To expand on this, part of ADHD is a disorder in "executive function". Attention, focus, impulse control, working memory, and flexibility are all part of that. Those are also all the things that make someone a worker with reliable
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by ryanstorm 4y ago
My outdoor hobby is limited by rain (rock climbing), so I've gone through most of the weather apps. Dark Sky was by far the best, both for accuracy and visualization. I'm in this thread to hopefully find an alternative, and wunder
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by ryanstorm 4y ago
Thanks for sharing. It's been wild for me to read through this thread and finding so much shared experience. For your comment, it could have been written exactly by me, just with the book and media subjects replaced with my own. I&#x27
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by ryanstorm 4y ago
For those that can't play it but would still like to experience the joys of its flavor of generative art, there's a YT channel that interprets it and puts a story and illustration to his playthroughs: https://www.youtub
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by ryanstorm 6y ago
I spent much of my 20's struggling with finding purpose in life, similar to the OP, and this is the only comment here that matched with what I landed on. I'm now about to begin my 30's with many of these things either done or
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by ryanstorm 6y ago
Anecdotal disagree here. I have a system that would probably be deemed complicated by anyone that would look at it (even more so than the OP article). While I wouldn't consider myself the most successful person, I've got a lot don
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by ryanstorm 6y ago
I lasted about two weeks without climbing before I built myself free-standing backyard climbing wall: https://www.westby.io/woody/ I had to pick up all the tools for it, and with those I'm on a kick for other craf
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by ryanstorm 6y ago
https://www.westby.io/blog/ I do a bit of traveling and a lot of climbing and have been posting some trip reports recently. I've also been doing book reviews if you're into the fantasy genre!
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by ryanstorm 7y ago
There's this blog post: Writing is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence https://blog.stephsmith.io/learning-to-write-with-confidence...
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by ryanstorm 7y ago
Great idea. This also sounds a lot like it falls in with the "ritual" concept from Deep Work by Cal Newport.
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by ryanstorm 7y ago
Here's a small tip for others that might help this problem: Don't use the application versions of any of your apps. Instead, open up the web version of all of them and keep all their tabs in one browser window. For example, my &qu
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by ryanstorm 7y ago
There's a concept called Parasocial interaction that describes the relationship between an audience and a media personality (originally observed for tv personalities, but more recently YouTube and internet ones apply too). "Viewer
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by ryanstorm 7y ago
I recall reading some research on the effects of gratitude. Here's an example: https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-...
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by ryanstorm 7y ago
Agreed. I try to frame my posts to have helpful information first and foremost, for others in the same situations or even for my future self. Or for trip report type posts, for any others that were on the trip with me.
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by ryanstorm 7y ago
Your href.cool project is rad, and has inspired me to make my own! Thanks for sharing.
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
Here's mine. I graduated school in 2013 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, but at the time of graduation I already knew I wanted to actually work in software. Year - Age - Total Income - Role 2014 - 23 - 36k - Test Technician in
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
http://westby.io/ I just have a few posts right now, mostly related to climbing. Hoping to update the site and write more this year.
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
Your comment aligns with an old HN comment that I have saved that resonated with me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16402387 I'd also recommend people feeling this way to read The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
I have a post at my blog here: http://westby.io/5-books-ive-read-2018-1/ Some other books I read that I'd recommend: - Anathem - Deep Work - A Canticle for Leibowitz - Into Thin Air - Shoe Dog - Happiness Hypothes
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
Here's a collection of project ideas: http://nifty.stanford.edu/
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
It's funny reading this, because I just implemented these exact strategies recently and have been seeing great success with it. I could have written this comment myself.
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
Yep. I knock out 30-40 books a year through audiobooks. I rotate between NF, sci-fi, and fantasy, and literature. Audiobooks are perfect while commuting, working out, and doing chores. During the times I'd have time to read a physical
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
I started reading The Economist last year for this reason. Their Special Reports are similar to what you're looking for. The New Yorker also puts out minibook-length articles. Nautilus is another mag that I've been happy with for
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
Another +1 for journal here. Specifically, the bullet journal: http://bulletjournal.com/get-started/ It's very modular, so you can do whatever you want with it. But I write a daily to-do list and also use it to ke
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by ryanstorm 8y ago
The Economist just went through a month-long series on the faults of economists and the field. I'm sure they'd be able to go into more detail, but this seems to be one of their more simplified articles.

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